Cops tapping our phones, say anti-nuclear plant leaders*By:* Kaumudi Gurjar
*Date:*  2011-04-22 *Place:* jaitapurMid Day Archives

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The Ratnagiri police are allegedly tapping phones and scrutinising call
records of leaders including those of political parties to gather crucial
information related to the agitation against the proposed nuclear plant in
Jaitapur.


*Morbid mood: The death of Tabrez Sayekar has plunged the villagers
into a sombre mood. Pic/Jignesh Mistry*

Senior leaders like B G Kolse-Patil, Justice P B Sawant and Vaishali Patil
have alleged that since they are heading the protests, the police are
monitoring their movements continuously through technical surveillance.

*Cops evasive*
When asked about phone tapping, Superintendent of Police Pradeep Raskar was
evasive about the issue. "We do sometimes check the phone call records but
that does not mean we do it everytime. We will comment on the phone tapping
at the right time," Raskar said.

Another senior official on the condition of anonymity said that during the
violent protests on Monday and Tuesday in Jaitapur and Ratnagiri, it was
observed that many leaders were instructing their activists on the phone.

"It's interesting to note that Jaitapur area does not have complete mobile
coverage and the places where coverage was available, were the worst
affected by violence. It shows that mobile communication between the leaders
and activists played a crucial role during the protests," said the officer.

Retired Justice Sawant said the police often indulged in tapping phone calls
of leaders under the pretext of gathering intelligence for public interest,
which may not always be the case. "In any case, it will not affect our
agitation against the proposed nuclear plant," he said.

Kolse-Patil said: "A few weeks ago when we were heading for Jaitapur along
with Justice Sawant, the police stopped us at the Ratnagiri outpost. It was
a private trip, and nobody knew our plans. It was possible for the police to
know only because they had tapped our personal phones.

"Director General of Police Ajit Parasnis has appealed to me to cancel the
planned Tarapur to Jaitapur rally, but we have told him that it will happen
as scheduled. The police can arrest us if they want, but we will continue
the protests," said Kolse-Patil.

MiD DAY accessed the post-mortem report of Tabrez Sayekar (36) which says
that only one bullet had hit him. Certain sections of the media had reported
that three bullets were pumped into Tabrez, but district administration
authorities issued a press release yesterday saying it was false.
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*The UID project i**s going to do almost exactly the same thing which the
predecessors of Hitler did, else how is it that Germany always had the lists
of Jewish names even prior to the arrival of the Nazis? The Nazis got these
lists with the help of IBM which was in the 'census' business that included
racial census that entailed not only count the Jews but also identifying
them. At the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, there is an
exhibit of an IBM Hollerith D-11 card sorting machine that was responsible
for organising the census of 1933 that first identified the Jews.*
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